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What is is_test for?
September 01, 2011, 08:55:23 pm
I see this in lots of examples of queries but I can't seemed find anything that says just what it is and if it's needed. 

I blindly put it some tokens I was writing but then it could find is_test when I had to use in line views so I left it out.  It didn't seem to matter, so what's it for?   Do I need it?

I'm sorry if it's in the documentation somewhere and I missed it.

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Re: What is is_test for?
September 01, 2011, 10:49:44 pm
Where/which API?

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Re: What is is_test for?
September 04, 2011, 11:19:43 pm
OK, I feel stupid.  I didn't notice that is_test is a column on some tables, contributions, membership probably others.  I haven't a clue what the column is used for and can't find any documentation about the different columns and what they mean.  The erd's I found don't give that level of detail.   Though, most columns are obvious but there are few that aren't. 

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Re: What is is_test for?
September 04, 2011, 11:42:05 pm
Check out the getfields of the entity you want using the api explorer see if you get more doc. But in general, is_test is exactly that: a flag that it was a test. Eg. for a participant it means that it isn't a really real payment, that you don't need to count as an allocated seat (there is a test registration url in the back office).

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